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ProFootballTalk on NBCSports.comSun, 02 Aug 2015 20:42:20 +0000hourly1http://wordpress.com/By: acershttp://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2010/03/19/nearly-1200-saints-fans-are-losing-their-season-tickets/#comment-519816
Mon, 22 Mar 2010 16:16:08 +0000http://localhost/wp/nbcprofootballtalk/?p=73660#comment-519816Wow….way to go Benson…..man what a great owner! He wanted to get the saints right out of dodge right after Katrina, nut Tagliabue made him stay.
He dances with the umbrella and all that crap, but he wanted to bolt N. Orleans no doubt.
Now, he wants 1200 fans replaced for my cash.
He Benson and New Orleans……”stay classy”.
The saints were a one year wonder, vikes give them a win along with the reprehensible OT calls by the refs, and the NON-CALL against Favre when two saints got him and one undercut him….he throws the INT. Later, the NFL ADMITS they blew the call. Hmmm….it’s more than a conspiracy…….
It smells in New Orleans, and it’s more than the town…..STAY CLASSY N.O.!!!!
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Sun, 21 Mar 2010 16:50:42 +0000http://localhost/wp/nbcprofootballtalk/?p=73660#comment-519815“Nearly 1,200 New Orleans fans are supporting Voo-Doo!”
“Nearly 1,200 New Orleans fans are cross dressers!”
“Nearly 1,200 New Orleans fans are losing their trailers!”
“Nearly 1,200 New Orleans fans can’t speak english!”
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Sun, 21 Mar 2010 11:00:54 +0000http://localhost/wp/nbcprofootballtalk/?p=73660#comment-519814Warm weather fans anyways, plenty of empty seats when they were losing.
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Sun, 21 Mar 2010 02:48:36 +0000http://localhost/wp/nbcprofootballtalk/?p=73660#comment-519813Buisness as usual. Let’s see what NFL “CEO”, I mean Commissoner Goddell will do for your average fan instead of trying to lockout the players next year !!
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Sat, 20 Mar 2010 21:51:27 +0000http://localhost/wp/nbcprofootballtalk/?p=73660#comment-519812Well Benson should be dead by the time the Saints return to Aints status so he won’t be crying in his Domefoam when those expensive loges sit empty and the team is wishing for the return of those more affordable seats so that fans could buy them. Short-sighted bastard.
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Sat, 20 Mar 2010 19:38:53 +0000http://localhost/wp/nbcprofootballtalk/?p=73660#comment-519811For all you haters, those were the seats that most of the visiting teams fans bought from scalpers or from someone selling there seats. Thanks for your support and WHO DAT!!!
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Sat, 20 Mar 2010 10:16:04 +0000http://localhost/wp/nbcprofootballtalk/?p=73660#comment-519810To all Vikings fans: You wanted to drink the Brett Favre kool-aid and you were given the chance. Pretty sweet on top but horribly bitter when you get to the bottom. Obviously that bitterness still lingers. Blame him, not the Saints.
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Sat, 20 Mar 2010 10:11:33 +0000http://localhost/wp/nbcprofootballtalk/?p=73660#comment-519809I am one of the 1200 fans who have been displaced. Let me tell you a little bit about my seats…
I had the aisle seat in the very top row of the Superdome directly on the 50 yard line. I moved to those seats in 2004. I hav been a ticket holder since 2001. I loved that seat. It was as close to heaven as I could imagine. I could see EVERYTHING… the view of the field was second to none! In 2000 I sat in the lower level in the endzone. In 2001 I moved to the plaza level 40 yard line. In 2002 I moved to the terrace 35 yard line mid way up. Finally, I requested these seats, and they were perfect.
My biggest issue with this is how it went down. I did not receive a phone call… I had to find out from the media. Several months ago, I started to hear rumblings of a new press box being built and that my seats COULD be affected. This was just a rumor I saw online. I called my ticket rep and he told me that there was nothing set in stone, and that IF it did happen, it would not be an issue until after the 2010 season. I was lied to.
Did I also mention that my job took me to Atlanta from New Orleans 2 years ago and that I have been making the 8 hour drive each way to be there on game day?
I am outraged. The truth is that none of us have been relocated thus far, and the ticket rep I spoke to yesterday told me that we just have to “take one for the team.” Im sorry, but I have taken one for the team. Those terrible Katrina games at Tiger Stadium, paying for tickets as Jim Haslett destroyed our franchise once again, buying tickets when few others were, and going necessities because my ticket invoice was due.
its painful. I feel like I have lost a family member. I don’t know what I will do next, but I can tell you that i am a VERY disgruntled New Orleans Saints “fan”….
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Sat, 20 Mar 2010 08:18:21 +0000http://localhost/wp/nbcprofootballtalk/?p=73660#comment-519808Haha it never gets old, seeing you whiny bitchy little Viking girls still sore over that loss where your supposed “star” players choked and gagged like they were enjoying mandingo’s finest lol. I really hope y’all are this passionate when the saints open the season at home against miniature-sota so you can witness those banners being raised right before your team gives it up again like a red headed slut desperate for some action.
Oh yeah and as far as the seat moves, NFL stadiums do this stuff all the time. It’s just that they’re usually not after a superbowl victory AND they’re usually in stadiums that are newer or stadiums where the fan base doesn’t have a season tickets waiting list like miniature-sota’s fair weather-sand in the verginer “fans”.
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Sat, 20 Mar 2010 06:42:22 +0000http://localhost/wp/nbcprofootballtalk/?p=73660#comment-519807Jeff says:
March 19, 2010 8:11 PM
I’ve watched Saints games in the seats that the season ticket holders are losing. Trust me, they’re doing them a favor. Those seats are so high they’re not worth the $120 or so a year they’re paying for them.
Ever watch a game from the lower level corners out to the 20 yardline? Seats in the upper prime areas have the best view. Where do you think the film that the players and coaches watch is shot from?
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Sat, 20 Mar 2010 06:20:21 +0000http://localhost/wp/nbcprofootballtalk/?p=73660#comment-519806Perfect way to “thank” those 1200 fans who’ve stood by you while you were the most pathetic franchise in the league for a protracted period of time. Saints ownership should be ashamed of themselves.
This is one reason why a 50 yard line seat in front of my flatscreen is just fine for me. No way those greedy SOB’s are getting season ticket $$$ from me!
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Sat, 20 Mar 2010 01:37:42 +0000http://localhost/wp/nbcprofootballtalk/?p=73660#comment-519805They should at least give these people standing room only admission to the games while they wait for their name to be called from the waiting list. They could require these fans to commit to buying if their names were moved to the front of the waiting list line. The team would at least get a little extra parking & concessions revenue, but more importantly would avoid much of the PR fallout.
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Sat, 20 Mar 2010 01:34:19 +0000http://localhost/wp/nbcprofootballtalk/?p=73660#comment-519804“LanMan says:
March 19, 2010 10:54 PM
Bob Kraft would never allow something like this….
EVER.”
Bob Kraft has been shitting on his loyal fans ever since he bought the Patriots. The only reason you don’t hear more about it is that there are no reporters left in New England with the balls to stand up to the Patriots; and the team keeps winning, so we season ticket holders overlook things like 4 gigantic “moats” and a foolish lighthouse where our seats used to be in Foxboro Stadium. Kraft cares about 1 thing-money.
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Sat, 20 Mar 2010 00:49:43 +0000http://localhost/wp/nbcprofootballtalk/?p=73660#comment-519803Maybe they’ll pack up in the middle of the night and move to LA.
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Sat, 20 Mar 2010 00:31:12 +0000http://localhost/wp/nbcprofootballtalk/?p=73660#comment-519802The Saints are my team and I love them but i despise Tom Benson. Is that possible?
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Sat, 20 Mar 2010 00:22:56 +0000http://localhost/wp/nbcprofootballtalk/?p=73660#comment-519801Tom Benson is going to milk as much as he can out of this team. Get your paperbags ready, the Ain’ts won’t have a winning season until they are the San Antonio Santos. Enjoy the win while you can.
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Sat, 20 Mar 2010 00:20:42 +0000http://localhost/wp/nbcprofootballtalk/?p=73660#comment-519800they’ll get them back in 2 years when the saints are back to sucking as usual.
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Fri, 19 Mar 2010 23:57:31 +0000http://localhost/wp/nbcprofootballtalk/?p=73660#comment-519799The Saint, their fans, and the cesspool city of New Orleans are a complete joke and deserve any misery that comes their way. Here’s hoping they never win another game
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That’s just wrong and I’m a Vikings fan…
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Fri, 19 Mar 2010 23:36:04 +0000http://localhost/wp/nbcprofootballtalk/?p=73660#comment-519798These improvements were planned before the Saints won the Super Bowl. Although I think they did add plans for a wheelchair ramp so they can roll Brett Favre out of the dome after the Saint whip his ass again. Then all of you whining Vike fans can have something new to cry about. But the end result will be the same, Saints whip Vikings.
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Fri, 19 Mar 2010 22:54:10 +0000http://localhost/wp/nbcprofootballtalk/?p=73660#comment-519797Bob Kraft would never allow something like this….
EVER.
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Fri, 19 Mar 2010 22:06:18 +0000http://localhost/wp/nbcprofootballtalk/?p=73660#comment-519796Adding to their stadium and putting those fans in other seats (as dmciggle refers to above) is what big boy franchises do. Moving franchises to California or Texas is what Minnesota franchises do (Lakers, (North) Stars, Vikings). Have fun with the Twins. Until Mauer signs with the Yankees.
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Fri, 19 Mar 2010 21:53:37 +0000http://localhost/wp/nbcprofootballtalk/?p=73660#comment-519795vikings rule says:
March 19, 2010 6:49 PM
The Saint, their fans, and the cesspool city of New Orleans are a complete joke and deserve any misery that comes their way. Here’s hoping they never win another game
Guess what vikings tool. Your team will NEVER win a superbowl and about 60,000 of your fans are about to lose their tickets. Hello Los Angles!
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Fri, 19 Mar 2010 21:46:45 +0000http://localhost/wp/nbcprofootballtalk/?p=73660#comment-519794Vikings rule: The Saint, their fans, and the cesspool city of New Orleans are a complete joke and deserve any misery that comes their way. Here’s hoping they never win another game.
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How do you describe a Viqueen fan?http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j2trGMjXgX4
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Fri, 19 Mar 2010 21:46:21 +0000http://localhost/wp/nbcprofootballtalk/?p=73660#comment-519793They will be put at the front of the season ticket waiting list and the Superdome is adding seats next year that should make up for this. These new seats will be much better seats, but will cost more.
The Saints are working on a possible “solution” for this year and may include severely limiting visiting team tickets as part of the solution.
Saints have also mailed out season ticket invoices (For those who don’t know the Saints sell out the Superdome to season ticket holders.) and prices have gone up.
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Fri, 19 Mar 2010 21:34:43 +0000http://localhost/wp/nbcprofootballtalk/?p=73660#comment-519792You know, I feel badly about Katrina, how Bush forgot the city, etc. But I hope it’s another 50 years before the Saints win another Super Bowl.
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So, you’re saying that in 2060 the Saints will then have two more Super Bowl victories than the Vikings?
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Fri, 19 Mar 2010 21:18:49 +0000http://localhost/wp/nbcprofootballtalk/?p=73660#comment-519791You know, I feel badly about Katrina, how Bush forgot the city, etc. But I hope it’s another 50 years before the Saints win another Super Bowl.
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Fri, 19 Mar 2010 20:59:59 +0000http://localhost/wp/nbcprofootballtalk/?p=73660#comment-519790Cost of winning. They want to expand suites for more money. No big deal
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Fri, 19 Mar 2010 20:51:29 +0000http://localhost/wp/nbcprofootballtalk/?p=73660#comment-519789To all the boozos bashing the move as yet another example of the NFL becoming too corporate:
The 32 NFL franchises exist to make money. Thats the point of business. You can’t blame the Saint organization for putting in more corporate boxes because a heck of a lot more revenue will be generated off those boxes than off the 1,200 seats. Sorry boys, if you cant afford the ticket then stay at home and watch the games on television
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Fri, 19 Mar 2010 20:44:50 +0000http://localhost/wp/nbcprofootballtalk/?p=73660#comment-519788First you have to live in that sh@tty city and now this! Outrageous…..Ha!
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Fri, 19 Mar 2010 20:41:01 +0000http://localhost/wp/nbcprofootballtalk/?p=73660#comment-519787Hey Florio, I know you hate to let the facts get in the way of a good dose of BS, but do you think you should have mentioned that 900 of the 1,200 fans have already been relocated to new seats?
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